Alice in Chains wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I need to make a custom bootable CD for my system to access the HD in case
> booting from HD fails.
>
> I am running Debian 3.1, kernel 2.4.18-K6.
>
> How must I proceed?
>
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
>
>
> Mike.

A knoppix CD is also ideal for rescueing your system: with fdisk, spart,
parted, fschk etc.. tools in it plus DHCP client for accessing the network.